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Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States

Successfully leading the organization to achieve growth in the targeted businesses for the company consistent with the DSE business strategic plan.

Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States

• Served as Senior Director, partnering with the Vice President of the Commercial and Profit and Loss Leadership Team, and other senior leaders to drive profitability and growth of the company’s products across America’s.
• Led a 50-person team of sales directors, managers, and account executives representing the Americas’ Automotive Commercial Team.
• Successfully evaluated and reorganized… Show more
• Successfully evaluated and reorganized the automotive team to streamline the organization and maximize effectiveness to achieve the organization’s goals for legacy business and for the electric powertrain EV market.
• Developed a successful regional strategy to leverage the company’s product portfolio to grow the automotive business and achieve and exceed the company’s targets for its largest business unit.
• Collaborated with global business directors to align regional market segment strategies into a cohesive and comprehensive global plan. Show less

Rochester, Michigan

• DSE Industries is a manufacturer of plastic injection molded interior and underhood components and complex assemblies and a fabricator of injection mold tooling for the automotive industry with manufacturing facilities.
• Developed and executed 5-year business plan to grow DSE from a start-up to a formidable Tier II supplier with a global footprint and competitive structure.
• Devised and implemented a business strategy to expand company through global strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and acquisitions.
• Negotiated contracts with Chinese and Korean partners for tool fabrication and part production.
• Formed strategic alliance with FIHM (a division of Global Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group) in Chihuahua, Mx to manufacture complex assemblies and molded components for the auto industry.
• Won Tier II business for Tesla Model S Center Console value-added processing.

Dearborn, MI

• Oversaw all bottom-line factors while accelerating the North American business for CEBI GROUP, a global automotive company based in Luxembourg, operating in 13 countries and 4 continents with 4,000 employees and ~$695M.
• Successfully expanded the customer base and grew the product line sales by 170% over 7 years far exceeding the company’s sales growth targets. Business acquisitions include the following: Delphi, Valeo, Behr/Mahle.
• Designed and successfully implemented a compelling strategy to vertically integrate company’s North American operations from a component supplier into a full-service systems supplier and integrator.
• Developed business plan, negotiated deal, and executed the acquisition of Visteon Corporation’s washer system business with Ford Motor Company within the first year, transforming CEBI USA into Ford’s largest washer.
• Initiated and completed two joint venture agreements with manufacturing partners to grow CEBI GROUP’s global manufacturing footprint.
• Vertically integrated CEBI USA into the non-production assembly of component parts for the automotive service business sector. The business achieved a 60% profit margin for CEBI USA. Show less

Van Buren Twp, MI

• Single-handedly managed entire wiper and washer systems department (formerly sixteen engineers) for Visteon—Ford Motor Company’s largest washer systems supplier—during its transition out of the business. Developed and.
• Effectively designed, developed, and launched several washer systems for Ford Motor Company vehicles.
• Led cross-functional teams to acquire necessary… Show more Single-handedly managed entire wiper and washer systems department (formerly sixteen engineers) for Visteon—Ford Motor Company’s largest washer systems.
• Led cross-functional teams to acquire necessary information and deliver solutions to maximize corporate profitability.
• Successfully orchestrated departmental effort in developing procedures, work instructions, and overall department understanding to achieve third-party QS-9000 certification.
• Spearheaded team to reorganize washer systems engineering, resulting in improved efficiency and work effectiveness. Show less

Quality Engineer & Consultant (1/1995 to 6/2000)As part of the Quality Engineering Group, traveled extensively to Europe, Japan, and throughout North America for on-site consulting with management related to their manufacturing systems, technical strengths and weaknesses, quality management skills, quality system effectiveness, problem solving skills.

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